SAP Cloud Platform Integration
The Comprehensive Guide
3rd Edition
Published on 1. October 2020
Book
Hardback
906 pages
978-1-4932-1964-3 (ISBN)
Description
Bring your cloud and on-premise applications together with SAP Cloud Integration (formerly SAP Cloud Platform Integration) in the SAP Integration Suite! Integrate processes and data in your system, step-by-step, by developing and configuring integration flows in Cloud Foundry and Neo environments. Enhance your integrations with APIs, open connectors, and custom adapters. Explore prepackaged content in the content catalog, debug and secure integration projects, enable B2B integration, and more!
a. Fundamentals
Find out how SAP Cloud Integration fits into SAP's cloud strategy. Whether you're in the Cloud Foundry or Neo environment, explore its architecture and tools, and learn how to run your first integration flow.
b. Integration Development
Using prepackaged integration content? Developing custom integrations? Either way, this guide has you covered with step-by-step instructions and screenshots. Master the SAP Cloud Integration runtime, including processes like debugging and error handling.
c. SAP Integration Suite
Put the new SAP Integration Suite to work. See how capabilities like APIs, application connectors, and the Integration Advisor work with SAP Cloud Integration.
d. Updated and Expanded
Revised to include new SAP Cloud Integration features including open connectors, ELSTER integration, AMQP and JMS adapters, integration flow processing simulation, and how to use the service on both Cloud Foundry and Neo.
1) Integration flows
2) Integration content catalog (SAP API Business Hub)
3) Modeling synchronous and asynchronous scenarios
4) Debugging
5) Security
6) B2B integration
7) Root cause analysis
8) Web UI
9) Message mappings
10) SAP Integration Suite
11) SAP API Management
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Persons
Author
John Mutumba Bilay is a senior software engineer and enterprise integration consultant at Rojo Consultancy. With more than 12 years of international experience in information technology, including eight specifically devoted to SAP, his speciality is software development, integration, and business process automation.
Dr. Peter Gutsche studied physics at Heidelberg University, Ruperto Carola. After getting his PhD in 1999, he started working as a documentation developer at SAP. Today he is a knowledge architect and is responsible for and coordinates the documentation for SAP HANA Cloud Integration.
Volker Stiehl studied Computer Sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. When he joined SAP in 2004, his primary focus was on presales activities involving the Java EE stack of the SAP Web Application Server. In summer 2005, he joined the product management team of the Composite Application Framework where he was responsible for preparing specifications for composite applications development. With the introduction of SAP NetWeaver CE, his area of responsibility was extended to include the design of composite application architectures and their implementation using composition tools, such as the Composite Application Framework, Guided Procedures framework, or the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. Volker Stiehl speaks regularly at various conferences, such as SAP TechEd, SAPPHIRE, and JavaOne, about the topics related to the architecture and development of composite applications. Prior to joining SAP, he worked at Siemens as a consultant for distributed J2EE-based architectures and integration architectures using SAP integration technologies.
Content
... Foreword by Gunther Rothermel ... 17
... Preface ... 21
... Structure of the Book ... 22
... Sample Applications ... 25
... Who This Book Is For ... 26
... Acknowledgments ... 27
... John Mutumba Bilay ... 27
... Peter Gutsche ... 28
... Mandy Krimmel ... 29
1 ... Introduction to SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 31
1.1 ... The Role of SAP Cloud Platform Integration in a Cloud-Based Strategy ... 33
1.2 ... Use Cases ... 36
1.3 ... Capabilities ... 44
1.4 ... Editions ... 51
1.5 ... Summary ... 53
2 ... Getting Started ... 55
2.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 55
2.2 ... Tools and Processes ... 76
2.3 ... Running Your First Integration Scenario ... 84
2.4 ... Summary ... 123
3 ... SAP Integration Content Catalog ... 125
3.1 ... Introduction to the SAP Integration Content Catalog ... 125
3.2 ... Terms and Conditions of Using Prepackaged Integration Content ... 128
3.3 ... Consuming Prepackaged Content ... 132
3.4 ... Prepackaged Content Provided by SAP ... 145
3.5 ... Creating Your Own Content Package ... 157
3.6 ... Summary ... 160
4 ... Basic Integration Scenarios ... 163
4.1 ... Working with SAP Cloud Platform Integration's Data Model ... 163
4.2 ... Using Externalization to Enable Easy Reuse of Integration Flows ... 185
4.3 ... Content Enrichment by Invoking an OData Service ... 192
4.4 ... Working with Mappings ... 208
4.5 ... Defining and Provisioning an OData Service ... 229
4.6 ... Working with an Aggregator ... 241
4.7 ... Summary ... 251
5 ... Advanced Integration Scenarios ... 253
5.1 ... Message Routing ... 253
5.2 ... Working with Lists ... 262
5.3 ... Asynchronous Message Handling ... 281
5.4 ... Reliable Messaging Using the JMS Adapter ... 304
5.5 ... Using Event-Driven Messaging ... 331
5.6 ... Summary ... 354
6 ... Special Topics in Integration Development ... 355
6.1 ... Timer-Based Message Transfers ... 356
6.2 ... Using Dynamic Configuration via Headers or Properties ... 362
6.3 ... Structuring Large Integration Flows Using Local Processes ... 381
6.4 ... Connecting Integration Flows Using the ProcessDirect Adapter ... 395
6.5 ... Connecting to a Database Using the JDBC Adapter ... 412
6.6 ... Versioning and Migration of Integration Flows ... 420
6.7 ... Simulation of Integration Flow Processing ... 433
6.8 ... Transporting Integration Packages to Another Tenant ... 441
6.9 ... Using the Adapter Development Kit (ADK) ... 445
6.10 ... Guidelines for Integration Flow Development ... 463
6.11 ... Summary ... 468
7 ... B2B Integration with the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite ... 471
7.1 ... B2B Capabilities in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite: Overview ... 472
7.2 ... Defining Interfaces and Mappings in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Advisor ... 474
7.3 ... Configuring a B2B Scenario with AS2 Sender and IDoc Receiver Adapters ... 490
7.4 ... Using the Partner Directory for Partner-Specific Configuration Data ... 518
7.5 ... Summary ... 532
8 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Operations ... 533
8.1 ... Operations: Overview ... 533
8.2 ... Monitoring Integration Content and Message Processing ... 535
8.3 ... Managing Security ... 560
8.4 ... Managing Temporary Data ... 600
8.5 ... Accessing Logs ... 616
8.6 ... Managing Locks ... 620
8.7 ... Summary ... 624
9 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 625
9.1 ... Introduction ... 625
9.2 ... Java APIs Provided by SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 626
9.3 ... Using the Java API in a User-Defined Function ... 628
9.4 ... Using the Script Step ... 633
9.5 ... OData API ... 637
9.6 ... Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration with SAP Cloud Platform API Management ... 673
9.7 ... Summary ... 691
10 ... Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Open Connectors ... 693
10.1 ... Introduction ... 693
10.2 ... Connectors Catalog ... 695
10.3 ... Understanding Connectors ... 708
10.4 ... Understanding Common Resources ... 718
10.5 ... Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Open Connectors ... 727
10.6 ... Summary ... 737
11 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Security ... 739
11.1 ... Technical System Landscape ... 740
11.2 ... Processes ... 749
11.3 ... User Administration and Authorization ... 752
11.4 ... Data and Data Flow Security ... 772
11.5 ... Keystore Management ... 839
11.6 ... Summary ... 852
12 ... Productive Scenarios Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 855
12.1 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer and SAP ERP ... 855
12.2 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer with SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 860
12.3 ... Integration of SAP Marketing Cloud and Various Applications ... 861
12.4 ... Integration of SAP SuccessFactors and SAP ERP ... 862
12.5 ... Integration of SAP Applications with the Ariba Network ... 866
12.6 ... Integration with German Tax Authorities Using the ELSTER Adapter ... 868
12.7 ... Summary ... 871
13 ... Summary and Outlook ... 873
13.1 ... Integration Content Design ... 874
13.2 ... Operations and Monitoring ... 875
13.3 ... Connectivity ... 876
13.4 ... B2B Integration ... 877
13.5 ... Migration from Neo to Cloud Foundry Environment ... 879
13.6 ... Hybrid Deployments on Cloud and On-Premise Infrastructures ... 879
13.7 ... Summary ... 880
... Appendices ... 881
A ... Abbreviations ... 883
B ... Literature ... 889
C ... The Authors ... 893
... Index ... 895
... Preface ... 21
... Structure of the Book ... 22
... Sample Applications ... 25
... Who This Book Is For ... 26
... Acknowledgments ... 27
... John Mutumba Bilay ... 27
... Peter Gutsche ... 28
... Mandy Krimmel ... 29
1 ... Introduction to SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 31
1.1 ... The Role of SAP Cloud Platform Integration in a Cloud-Based Strategy ... 33
1.2 ... Use Cases ... 36
1.3 ... Capabilities ... 44
1.4 ... Editions ... 51
1.5 ... Summary ... 53
2 ... Getting Started ... 55
2.1 ... Architecture Overview ... 55
2.2 ... Tools and Processes ... 76
2.3 ... Running Your First Integration Scenario ... 84
2.4 ... Summary ... 123
3 ... SAP Integration Content Catalog ... 125
3.1 ... Introduction to the SAP Integration Content Catalog ... 125
3.2 ... Terms and Conditions of Using Prepackaged Integration Content ... 128
3.3 ... Consuming Prepackaged Content ... 132
3.4 ... Prepackaged Content Provided by SAP ... 145
3.5 ... Creating Your Own Content Package ... 157
3.6 ... Summary ... 160
4 ... Basic Integration Scenarios ... 163
4.1 ... Working with SAP Cloud Platform Integration's Data Model ... 163
4.2 ... Using Externalization to Enable Easy Reuse of Integration Flows ... 185
4.3 ... Content Enrichment by Invoking an OData Service ... 192
4.4 ... Working with Mappings ... 208
4.5 ... Defining and Provisioning an OData Service ... 229
4.6 ... Working with an Aggregator ... 241
4.7 ... Summary ... 251
5 ... Advanced Integration Scenarios ... 253
5.1 ... Message Routing ... 253
5.2 ... Working with Lists ... 262
5.3 ... Asynchronous Message Handling ... 281
5.4 ... Reliable Messaging Using the JMS Adapter ... 304
5.5 ... Using Event-Driven Messaging ... 331
5.6 ... Summary ... 354
6 ... Special Topics in Integration Development ... 355
6.1 ... Timer-Based Message Transfers ... 356
6.2 ... Using Dynamic Configuration via Headers or Properties ... 362
6.3 ... Structuring Large Integration Flows Using Local Processes ... 381
6.4 ... Connecting Integration Flows Using the ProcessDirect Adapter ... 395
6.5 ... Connecting to a Database Using the JDBC Adapter ... 412
6.6 ... Versioning and Migration of Integration Flows ... 420
6.7 ... Simulation of Integration Flow Processing ... 433
6.8 ... Transporting Integration Packages to Another Tenant ... 441
6.9 ... Using the Adapter Development Kit (ADK) ... 445
6.10 ... Guidelines for Integration Flow Development ... 463
6.11 ... Summary ... 468
7 ... B2B Integration with the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite ... 471
7.1 ... B2B Capabilities in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite: Overview ... 472
7.2 ... Defining Interfaces and Mappings in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Advisor ... 474
7.3 ... Configuring a B2B Scenario with AS2 Sender and IDoc Receiver Adapters ... 490
7.4 ... Using the Partner Directory for Partner-Specific Configuration Data ... 518
7.5 ... Summary ... 532
8 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Operations ... 533
8.1 ... Operations: Overview ... 533
8.2 ... Monitoring Integration Content and Message Processing ... 535
8.3 ... Managing Security ... 560
8.4 ... Managing Temporary Data ... 600
8.5 ... Accessing Logs ... 616
8.6 ... Managing Locks ... 620
8.7 ... Summary ... 624
9 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 625
9.1 ... Introduction ... 625
9.2 ... Java APIs Provided by SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 626
9.3 ... Using the Java API in a User-Defined Function ... 628
9.4 ... Using the Script Step ... 633
9.5 ... OData API ... 637
9.6 ... Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration with SAP Cloud Platform API Management ... 673
9.7 ... Summary ... 691
10 ... Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Open Connectors ... 693
10.1 ... Introduction ... 693
10.2 ... Connectors Catalog ... 695
10.3 ... Understanding Connectors ... 708
10.4 ... Understanding Common Resources ... 718
10.5 ... Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Open Connectors ... 727
10.6 ... Summary ... 737
11 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Security ... 739
11.1 ... Technical System Landscape ... 740
11.2 ... Processes ... 749
11.3 ... User Administration and Authorization ... 752
11.4 ... Data and Data Flow Security ... 772
11.5 ... Keystore Management ... 839
11.6 ... Summary ... 852
12 ... Productive Scenarios Using SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 855
12.1 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer and SAP ERP ... 855
12.2 ... Integration of SAP Cloud for Customer with SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 860
12.3 ... Integration of SAP Marketing Cloud and Various Applications ... 861
12.4 ... Integration of SAP SuccessFactors and SAP ERP ... 862
12.5 ... Integration of SAP Applications with the Ariba Network ... 866
12.6 ... Integration with German Tax Authorities Using the ELSTER Adapter ... 868
12.7 ... Summary ... 871
13 ... Summary and Outlook ... 873
13.1 ... Integration Content Design ... 874
13.2 ... Operations and Monitoring ... 875
13.3 ... Connectivity ... 876
13.4 ... B2B Integration ... 877
13.5 ... Migration from Neo to Cloud Foundry Environment ... 879
13.6 ... Hybrid Deployments on Cloud and On-Premise Infrastructures ... 879
13.7 ... Summary ... 880
... Appendices ... 881
A ... Abbreviations ... 883
B ... Literature ... 889
C ... The Authors ... 893
... Index ... 895